Soldiers and battles  Book III, Chapter 19, Section 1b
 



Ensign
 19. He beareth an Ensigne, with his colours on his shoulder, Armed in a Buffe coate, with a scarlet scarfe about his midle,
The ensignes Armes in tyme of fight, is the same [as] the pike man; being distinguished from them by his scarfe and feather in his helmet.
The Romans call the Ensign-bearer, signifer, from significo, to signifie a thing: the Spaniards and Italians call him Alferes. The Dutch call this officer Vandragon or Vandrager.

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Musketier
  20. He beareth a Musketteer fireing into the reare.


Skeans
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In the dexter chiefe of this quarter, is an Instrument, or dagger, called a skeane, or Irish skeane; an Irish dagger haueing a sharp point, and a broad blade, going broader and broader to the crosse of the hafte.


Knight of St John of Jerusalem
 21. He bears a Knight of St John of Jerusalem in the defensive habits, or Habliments of his Order, brandishing of a sword.
These knights are also termed Knights Templers, and Knights Hospitalers, and Knights of St. John Baptist. These were orders both military and divine or spirituall, being tyed to a rule of liueing religiously and devotly, yet by order of their vowe there were to their power to defend pilgrimes from spoile and Robberie by theeves, and also to entertaine such as came to the Holy Land.
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These being military men, I thought good to sett them amongst military orders, of which you may read more cap:3 fol.58. and lib.4. cap.10 [items not transcribed,].


Duellers
  22. He beareth two men duelling, or fighting in a duell at Rapier and Punniard. If they were at sword play or sword and dagger then termed two Fencers, or Maisters of defence, making triall of their skill, with back-sword, or single sword, sword and buckler, and the like, se numb.27.

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Roman commander
 Officers in the Roman Regiments and Armys.

23. He beareth a Roman commander in his habilaments of warre.

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Untranscribed item(s) Roman officers

Knight templar
 24. He beareth a Man (or Knight of the Temple or Sepulchre) all in Maile.


Horse head harnessed
  25. He beareth an Horse head Harnessed for the field.


Cavalier
 26. A Chevalier armed at all points (or armed cap a pee) brandishing his sword aloft, mounted on a Bard courser furnished with warlike habilments.
The cloth of a horse thus furnished was among the Romans termed a Pettrell (Theat. of Honor, 493).

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Foot champions
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Thus much for men at Armes on Horseback for Battles by Armyes, now for their single combating either on foot or mounted.
27. He beareth two champions on foote in compleat Armour.


Jousters
  28. He beareth two champions or Horsmen at Armes, runing in a full carrare, a tilt one at the other.

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Untranscribed item(s) Combat origins (The Originall of Combats); Challenging (The manner of challenging and gageing); Appeals (Appeals to hinder combateing in his owne person); Combat default (In what cause defaults are excusable in combatants); Impediments to combat (Lawfull and Just impediments sufficient to haue a default, are, ); Foot combat (Foot combats or duells); Place for combat (Preparation of the place for combat); Combat start (The combatants comeing to the feild of Battell); Combat oaths (The combatants taking the Oathes); Combat types (Two sorts of Combats); Victory types (Diverse sorts of Victories; The Victors returne from the combat); Tilting origins (The Originall of Tilting and Tourneyments); Tilting exercise (Of the exercise of Tilting and Tourneyment); Tilting persons barred (Persons not admitted to Justs Tilts and Turneyments); Tilting prizewinners (Who shall haue the Prize); Broken spears (How Speares broken shalbe allowed, or disallowed); Sword management (Of the management of the sword); Prizes at the barrier (When prizes at Barriers are lost); Tilts prohibited (Tilts and Tourneys prohibited)

St George on horseback
 29. He beareth St George on horseback slaying of a dragon.


Great horse and rider
 30. He beareth a Man carering, or ridding of the great horse, with a Golden scarffe tyed on the top of the left shoulder, the end florishing or flotant.

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Battle
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31. He beareth in a field of Mars, a fight betweene two troops of horse consisting of Launces and Petronells, with horses and men diuersely slaine.

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Mars
  32. He beareth Mars, or the God of warre, Armed, cap a pee, on horsback, with his Launce.


Iron chariot
 33. He beareth a charet of Iron, or a warre charret.


Mounted man with armed wheels
  34. He beareth a Man completely armed with a dart in his right hand ready to cast it forth: Mounted on a horse in full career, drawing a paire of Iron wheeles, or Armed wheeles.


Elephant and castle
 35. He beareth an Elephant with a castle on his back, armed men therein casting forth dart, and one to guide him.


Battle
 36. He beareth two Armyes set in Battalia, one against other, the foure front Battalia's fireing at each other; or the forlorn Hopes fireing at each other, or the Van fireing.

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